On Jan 22, 2008 4:05 AM, Corey Minyard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Corey Minyard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> The DNS-323 system has several bogus memory entries in the tag table,
> and it caused the system to crash at startup. Ignore tag entries that
> are obviously bogus.
>
> Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> ---
> arch/arm/kernel/setup.c | 7 ++++++-
> 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
> index bf56eb3..dfdb469 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
> @@ -630,7 +630,12 @@ __tagtable(ATAG_CORE, parse_tag_core);
>
> static int __init parse_tag_mem32(const struct tag *tag)
> {
> - if (meminfo.nr_banks >= NR_BANKS) {
> + /*
> + * Make sure that the memory size is non-zero, page aligned,
> + * and that it doesn't overflow the meminfo table.
> + */
> + if (meminfo.nr_banks >= NR_BANKS || tag->u.mem.size & ~PAGE_MASK ||
> + tag->u.mem.size == 0 || tag->u.mem.start & ~PAGE_MASK) {
> printk(KERN_WARNING
> "Ignoring memory bank 0x%08x size %dKB\n",
> tag->u.mem.start, tag->u.mem.size / 1024);
>
[Cc: linux-arm-kernel]
What's the status of this patch? It would be good to see it go in
because the problem it fixes can be seen on a large number of NAS
devices.
Cheers,
--
Byron Bradley
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